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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Reasons embark would crash? Solved
« on: November 28, 2019, 10:42:40 am »
No sense in starting a new thread; found this one doing a search.  I'm having the crash issue as well.  Is the TWBT thing still a problem?  Sometimes I crash somethimes I don't but this seems to be the culprit.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Building in Water?
« on: November 13, 2019, 05:56:49 pm »
Is there a way to build in water?  Outside of waiting for the water to freeze and then digging down to the bottom of the water/ice during the winter?  (And I am specifically talking about the ocean with 7/7 depth.)

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DF Gameplay Questions / World Creation Query
« on: September 24, 2019, 08:27:20 am »
So, I was re-re-re....reading Boatmurdered last night and the bug for some DF bit me again.  Downloaded the game, set up my world gen with a custom setup I like and it will render away 500 years while I'm out working today. 

I want to find an embark site with a specific topography and needed some insight as to what to look for while browsing around.  I hope someone can help.

I want an elevated area...but I want mountain PEAKS with valleys between then.  High enough that I can make elevated roads between the peaks. 

My issue seems to be I just am not sure what landmarks to look for.  I did a couple of quick world gens this morning to browse.  I looked at the elevation map and found areas with 0-3 and then points with 5-6, but those didn't work there were actually NO super elevated peaks poking up anywhere. 

So, thanks in advance for any guidance.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: World Gen Question
« on: October 13, 2018, 07:16:03 am »
Quote from: Starver on October 12, 2018, 07:08:30 pm
You'll probably want to look in and around the Cavern Layout Params, which should show you the direction you need to go.
Perfect, thank you.

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DF Gameplay Questions / World Gen Question
« on: October 12, 2018, 06:46:47 pm »
What would I edit in order to get more wide open caverns instead of the manic confused ones that generate regularly?  I'm looking for something that would be easier to build in and not miss one little square that opens you up to a Forgotten Beast (yeah I get fun! but still, the question remains...lol).

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DF Gameplay Questions / Falling Down Stairs?
« on: October 12, 2018, 06:44:11 pm »
Is falling down stairs something new (relatively new) in the game?  I was using up/down stairs as scaffolding; fully supported from below by other stairs and then deconstructing enmasse one level at a time.  I lost three dwarves to falls.  Really freaked me out because I don't recall falling on a stairwell being a thing before.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Digging a "cavern"
« on: September 05, 2018, 12:16:07 pm »
I'm contemplating a project for my next fortress and I'm testing something now.  What I want to do is dig a vast "cavern" inside the mountain and then have halls going off the "solid" wall section to the edges of the cavern.  I want to use ramps on the edge walls as access points up and down so just the vast chasm in the central part.  I'm trying to channel one z-level at a time, working down but unless I do one line at a time...

cccccccccc - channel
fffffffffffff
fffffffffffff - floor
ffffffffffff1hhhhh - hall/access point

then when I get to the point marked "1" this is the last square holding up the floor (if I channel the exterior areas only) and the floor collapses.  But even though my miner is standing in the hall area, he still usually falls one z-level.  No injuries yet in my testing but there's got to be a better way.  Right? 

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Vampire Question
« on: September 04, 2018, 01:34:26 pm »
DT does have that feature.  I ended up using it because I couldn't see another way.

The crazy thing....the name of the dwarf has changed.  I have not edited any names.  BUT...in the thoughts section it references the dwarf by his "old, original" name.  And the kills was changed to "0" from the 84 he had when he arrived.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Vampire Question
« on: September 04, 2018, 12:37:05 pm »
So I've never been good about finding vampires.  I had a migration wave come in recently and had one dwarf that stood out with 84 kills.  However, none of his stats were very high.  His highest score was a 5 as a poet. 

Now I've had a dwarf die, drained of all blood.  The weird thing is, the dwarf I suspected no longer appears in my game or in Therapist.  Never knew them to "disappear" from the game before.

Any advise or ideas?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Driftwood question
« on: August 25, 2018, 06:40:32 pm »
Quote from: anewaname on August 25, 2018, 06:29:37 pm
Read this in the wiki. Is the wiki no longer correct in this case?
Thanks.  That did work with the wall.  Threw me off as I had built a wall using box select and that spot didn't "take".  Had to do it with a single space wall.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Driftwood question
« on: August 25, 2018, 06:01:55 pm »
So I did a search and it appears driftwood is unusable in the game.  However, it's blocking me from building a wall and I can't smooth it to destroy it like a boulder.  Any suggestions?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Family Heirloom Artifacts
« on: August 25, 2018, 05:38:28 pm »
So I'm noticing that all my artifacts are being "claimed" as family heirlooms by the creator.  None of them are going to my artifact stockpiles to give good moodlets.  Can I fix this somehow?

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Stacking armor...still works?
« on: August 23, 2018, 08:47:42 pm »
 Yeah it’s been about nine or 10 months since I last played. So just updated a few weeks ago. Last time I checked you could wear three mail shirts and then one breast plate or something like that and then three hoods and a helmet.

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DF Gameplay Questions / Stacking armor...still works?
« on: August 23, 2018, 05:57:00 pm »
Does stacking armor still work in the newest version? 

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DF Gameplay Questions / Re: Game Crash
« on: August 13, 2018, 05:09:54 pm »
Quote from: Miles_Umbrae on August 13, 2018, 05:01:24 pm
What version of DF do you use?
Is your PC powerful enough for DF?
Is it a clean installation of DF?
Do you use any mods or shack scripts?
Do you use Lazy N00b Pack?
Yes to LNP
Yes my PC works the game in fact have another game already saved and playing.
Version 44-12.02, latest LNP release
No other mods
Just updated last week and did not import any prior saves.

Had about 10 crashes but hit ENTER again and it worked.

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